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INTRODUCTION
Teaching models are methods of teaching underlying philosophies that guide teaching
methods. Effective teachers will integrate different teaching methods and models depend on their
student need and level. Inductive Model is one of the method of teaching in classroom. The most
famous inductive model is The Inductive Model that was developed by Hilda Taba in 1960s
based on the focus to assist student to build deeper understanding of specific topic or ideas.
Constructivism is a theory that based on observation and scientific study about what
people learn. This theory says that people or student construct their own learning understanding
and knowledge of the learning through experiencing things and reflecting on those experiences.
Student will reconcile new things or knowledge with their previous knowledge by asking,
questioning, exploring and accessing what we know. Constructivism is a view of learning that
suggests that students can develop their own understanding through active participation
Inductive teaching and learning can also under an umbrella term that encompasses a
learning, case-based teaching, discovery learning, and just-in-time teaching. These methods of
learning have many features in common, besides the fact that they all have qualify as an
inductive model. All of these methods are all student centered, meaning that they impose more
responsibility on students for their own learning than the traditional lecture-based deductive
approach does before. They are all supported by research findings that students learn by fitting
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new information into existing cognitive structures and are unlikely to learn if the information has
few apparent connections to what they already know and believe. They can all be characterized
as constructivist methods, building on the widely accepted principle that students construct their
own versions of reality rather than simply absorbing versions presented by their teachers. These
methods almost always involve students discussing questions and solving problems in class or
active learning, with much of the work in and out of class being done by students working in
The Inductive Model is often called guided discovery and it is grounded in the principles
of constructivism. There are many types of inductive methods such as inquiry learning, problem-
based learning and project. When teaching using inductive model teacher’s role is to provide
examples that illustrate the content and then guide students’ efforts to find patterns in the
information. Student or learners will construct their own understanding with careful guidance
and questioning by teachers during learning process. Inductive Model also can be defined as a
view of learning that suggests students can develop their own understanding through active
participation. Inductive instruction makes student noticing when teacher present them with many
examples.
phenomena. Teachers using inductive methods to expose their student to concrete instances of
the concept then observe patterns, raise questions and make generalizations from their
observations.
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SOCIAL STRUCTURE OF THE MODEL
Social structures refers to the characteristics of the classroom environment necessary for
learning to take place and the roles of the teacher and students in the environment. The Inductive
Model requires a classroom environment in which students feel free to take risks and offer their
TEACHERS ROLE
In Inductive Model, teacher’s role is to provide safe and supportive learning area and
environment for their student. Teachers also create the opportunities for their student to be
skilled at questioning and have clear learning. Teachers also have the state the objectives of the
learning or learning goals. In Inductive Model teachers will monitor their students and make
instant decisions in learning process. Teachers also have motivation to do a lot of activities in
their classroom. As examples are the most accurate factor in learning, teachers should have a lot
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GOALS FOR THE INDUCTIVE MODEL
The Inductive Model is designed to accomplish two primary goals. The first is to help
students develop a deeper understanding of content and critical thinking skills of specific topics
such as nutrition or Mendel`s Law. Second, it`s designed to put students in a active role in the
process of constructing their understanding. Teachers provided students with data in the form of
example, demonstration or model. Thus, students try to make sense of the information with
guidance of teacher. They both construct a thorough understanding of the topics and gain skill
Teachers must make on the spot decisions about what questions to ask and which students to
call on
The Inductive Model was highly sophisticated and demanding instruction which is
students engaged in activities through which they develop skills and acquire concepts. Teachers
also must be expert in questioning skill when teaching using inductive model so that student can
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practices their thinking skill. During the teaching and learning process teacher must monitor their
student behavior so that student will get benefit from the learning process.
Teachers also must make on the spot decisions about what questions to ask and which
student to call which is can make a good social interaction among them when they share their
ideas together. In Inductive Model students also must be guided to analyze the information that
comes to them, manipulate them, discover and create knowledge to fit their belief system.
Lessons using Inductive Model begin with and are built around examples. These
examples become the experiences that learner use to construct their understanding of the topic.
Social interaction is used to analyze the examples. Social interaction and teacher guidance will
help eliminate misinterpretation of the examples. The teacher guides the students. It is a dual
role which is accepting and honoring the students’ “inventions” of knowledge even when they
are wrong while at the same time guiding the students toward a more mature understanding. As a
example these categories come with common characteristics such as mental categories, sets, or
classes. Thus latitude, rectangle, perspective in art is a concept. The number of concepts in the
school curriculum is nearly endless. As example Cars Best to present a “fuzzy” concept using
either prototypes or exemplars. Prototypes are the best representatives of its class.
The concept should includes the following like definition, characteristics, examples,
super ordinate concept for larger category, subordinate concept as a subsets of the concept,
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In addition, to make concept clear to student, teachers should give a clear definition and
carefully selected examples to use in teaching and learning process and also carefully selected
non examples to make sure student not confuse. Teachers also should make sure about the
principals of the concepts and also relationships among concepts accepted as valid for all known
cases. The principles are also known as laws, as examples all like magnetic poles repel or unlike
magnetic poles attract. The generalizations is general patterns with known exceptions as
example a daily dose of aspirin reduces the danger of a heart attack. This example is generally
accepted as good medical practice, but there are exceptions for certain medical conditions. The
academic rules are the relationships between concepts arbitrarily derived by people as example
rounding numbers. The rule for rounding number is round up a number if the last digit is 5 or
higher but student could have set the last digit at 6 or higher, so that they have arbitrarily set it at
5 or higher.
1) Identify Topics
Teacher has to identify the topic first in planning their lesson plan. Each of the
learning topic should served at the beginning point for teachers planning. The topic might
be come from textbooks, curriculum guides and others. It’s including concepts,
principles, generalization and academic rules. It also must be align to learning outcomes
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2) Specify Learning Objectives
When planning a lesson plan teacher must have a question in their mind such as :
When teachers specify their learning objectives and goals, their aim is to make sure
student know about the topic. Teachers also should have a clear goal in mind and teach
guide in teaching and learning process. When teacher have a clear goals in mind it also
help them to select examples to use during teaching and developing student critical
thinking.
3) Selecting Example
Examples are very important for student to understand about the topic. Examples
are use as the information for students need to understand and clearly observable.
Teacher should use quality and variety of examples in their lesson such as real world
examples and concrete materials which is the real thing that can be used to
demonstrations and hands on activities. This is the best example for student and teachers
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Pictures also one of best example can be used by teacher an acceptable when
concrete material are possible. Teachers can use pictures as a replacement to concrete
material because it can be as close as possible to reality. Model also can be used for
content which is impossible to observe directly and allows student to visualize and
Teacher also can use case study as example to illustrate the concept internal
conflict such as the hard concept so that an abstract definition would be easy to learn. The
case study usually use in social studies or literature use technology and computer
software.
Some of the topic we teach are difficult to represent and this difficulty is what makes
them hard to learn. It is for the topic that technology can effectively use (Alessi &
Trollip, 1991). This is why teacher also can using computer software to develop
simulation and can be use when concepts are hard to illustrate in other way. By using
computer software can intent for student to notice by way of the examples how the
concepts works. Teachers present with many examples showing how concepts is used
ASSESSMENT
Teachers must make sure that learning objectives, learning activities, and assessments are
aligned in inductive teaching model. Different kind of assessment method could arrive a different
conclusions. Moreover, valid and reliable assessment of high level thinking skill are difficult to
obtain.
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ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF INDUCTIVE MODEL
Motivation to learn affects the amount of time students are willing to devote to learning.
Learners are more motivated when they can see the usefulness of what they are learning and
when they can use it to do something that has an impact on others (Bransford, J.D., Brown, A.L.,
Inductive model can emphasizes critical, higher-order thinking in student. It also can
increases student motivation so learner involvement and success will be at high level. Using
inductive method can evokes curiosity and challenges students to find an “unknown” knowledge
and idea. When use an example to provide background information to accommodate individual
differences can also be a creative model peaks student interest. Learners also are more engaged
in teaching learning process because learning becomes more interesting because teachers begin
with the experiences of the students helps the development of the learners higher order thinking
skill to see path and analyze the same in order to arrive a generalization requires analytical
thinking and offers advantages to student with different learning strength and motivations.
Even inductive model have many advantages it also have a few disadvantages. Teaching
using inductive methods may take long time and be less efficient. In this method certain ideas do
not lend themselves easily and can be open ended inductive activities
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IMPLEMENTING LESSONS USING THE INDUCTIVE MODEL
Implementing a lesson using the inductive model combines five interrelated phases. Five
steps are lesson introduction, the open-ended phase, the convergent phase, closure and lastly the
application phase.
Teachers start the lesson by telling students that they are going to look at some examples
and their task is to look for patterns and differences in them. The teacher can do this in a variety
of ways. A simple statement such as, ``Today, I`m going to show you some examples. I want
you to be very good observers and try to see what kind of pattern exists in them.`` Or the lesson
can begin as Judy Nelson did when she posed the problem or specifying for a new friend exactly
where the students lived. Another example is in teaching science chapter nutrition, teacher can
bring picture or a real food as a introduction for induction set. Each of these introduction
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Phase 2: The Open-Ended Phase
For the open-ended phase, students begin the process of constructing meaning from the
1. Teacher can present an example and asks students to observe and describe it.
2. Teacher can present two or more examples and asks students what they have in common.
3. Teacher can present an example and a non-example and asks the students to contrast the two
4. Teacher can begin with a negative example and have the students describe it.
So whatever option that teacher use, the lessons must continue by having students
respond to open-ended questions. This will allow variety of acceptable answers. Open-ended also
have several advantages compared to typical questions that require a single, convergent, correct
answer.
1. Open-ended questions are easy to think up and ask. Teachers can ask students to describe or
compare and then use students` responses as the basic for further questions.
2. Since the questions can be asked and answered quickly, it is easy for teachers to call on
several different students in a short time period. Research indicates that larger numbers of
classroom questions promote students involvement and are related to increased achievement
3. The questions allow for brisk lesson pacing, which produce greater students attention than
slower-paced lessons.
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4. Open-ended questions have been found effective with cultural minorities and students with
limited English language proficiency, encouraging them to participate in lessons (Langer et al.,
1990)
so diagnosing their existing understanding is important. This is an efficient way of obtaining this
information.
ensure success. Teachers have to specify content goal and help students reach the goal. So,
teacher need to narrow the range of student responses and assist them in identifying the
relationship. This is because the students responses converge on a specific answer and this is
called the convergent phase. The open-ended phase flows naturally into the convergent phase.
Example in teaching science topic nutrition, teacher use students responses about `Eating For
Healthy` in open-ended phase and asked them to plan a balance diet from information that they
In this convergent phase, all students bring a considerable amount of back ground
knowledge with them to the learning situation, and this knowledge influences their learning.
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Phase 4 : Closure
Closure is the point at which students identify the characteristics of the concept or can
state the principle generalization or rule that asked by teacher. Phase 4 also provides
information. It is quite easy to assess the examples for nonessential information which in turn
Teacher need to monitor and discuss students` initial efforts at application helps solidify
ideas in students` minds, makes the topic more meaningful for them and helps bridge the gap
When teacher satisfied that most students can comfortably apply the information on their
own, teacher can give an assignment that requires further application. While students work
independently, teacher can help those who haven`t fully grasped the idea or who aren`t yet ready
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THE INDUCTIVE MODEL : EMPHASIS ON THINKING & UNDERSTANDING
learning, case-based teaching, and discovery learning. What are the similarities among all these
instructional methods? They emphasis thinking and understanding. In class, teacher promotes
thinking in their students. For example, teacher asks students to compare and contrast about
certain topics that they had learnt. Sometimes students are required to find patterns and
generalization.
For example, when teacher present students with data, she or he will tell them to make
observations of that data, and on the basis of those observations, teacher ask students to state the
concept or generalization. This was found to be effective teaching strategy because it encourages
When activity becomes interesting, the easier to get students focused and involved in the
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lesson. The inductive teaching method is also effective for developing perceptual and
observational skills. Students not only learn content but they learn how to process data and how
“Inductive approach” is something like giving a mystery. Starting a class with mystery is
very effective to attract students to the class. For example in English class, students might try to
find a grammatical rule just like solving a mystery. Finally, this process will lead to more
successful grammar learning. From a student’s perspective, an inductive approach enables them
to think more before stating some concrete ideas. It is also give students more thinking
opportunities. In inductive approach, students can have various answers from their discussion,
interactions or independent thinking. This inductive approach seems to benefit the active
Teachers would prefer to use Inductive Model to teach Science. Their students’ ability of
thinking will increase by using inductive approach since the students try to find the answers,
concepts, methods or rules from given examples. As a result, their brains work well and it is
ENCOURAGEMENT
encouragement in students’ learning process. When teacher assign certain topic to be discuss in
group, and the students have to present their result or finding to the class, teacher can praises
students’ effort and talent during presentation. Teachers also offer specific feedback rather than
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general comments. For example, instead of saying, “Good job,” teachers can comment on
specific behaviors.
On the other hand, teachers who encourage students will create an environment in which
students do not have to fear about evaluation. They are allowed to make mistakes and learn from
them. Most students thrive in encouraging environments where they receive specific feedback
and have the opportunity to evaluate their own behavior and work. Encouragement will
contribute positive self-esteem, a willingness to explore and acceptance of self and others.
Teacher also can praises and encourages students who are well behaved. For example, after give
out tasks to students, thank them for well behaved or for doing something seriously in their own
groups.
According to Danielson (2007) there are two purposes for questions in a classroom:
helping students explore new ideas and providing teachers with evidence of student learning.
History reveals that purposeful questioning and discussion began approximately 2,000 years ago
with Socrates, who strove to engage the intellectuals in rhetorical analysis that required critical
thinking to solve the political, medical, religious, and philosophical problems of the day (Gross,
2002). As soon as children begin talking, they begin asking questions and discussing what they
just learned. This curious inquiry process until they grow up. When teacher uses Inductive
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Feedback can promote learning and growth. A number of studies have demonstrated that
feedback may stimulate growth in learning may effects positive change in student (Ganesh &
Matteson, 2010). Hilda Taba proposes questioning strategies in her study as stated in the table
below.
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Overt Activity Eliciting Questions
Covert Mental Operations
1. Predicting consequences, Analyzing the nature of the What would happen if . . . ?
explaining unfamiliar problem or situation,
phenomena, retrieving relevant knowledge
hypothesizing
2. Explaining and/or Determining the causal links Why do you think this would
supporting the predictions leading to prediction or happen?
and hypotheses hypothesis
3. Verifying the prediction Using logical principles or What would it take for this to
factual knowledge to be generally true or probably
determine necessary and true?
sufficient conditions
Source: Hilda Taba, Teacher's Handbook for Elementary Social Studies (Reading, Mass.: Addison-Wesley Publishing Co., Inc.,
1967) p. 109.
First and foremost, before assessing students’ learning, teacher must be very clear in
learning goals, learning activities & assessment. Maintaining the consistency through assessment
phase can be challenging. The objective of this assessment here is to discover what the learners
know, understand, or can do. Classroom assessment that is fair and provides accurate
information about student achievement can serve to support instructional and program
improvement and increase student motivation and achievement. Effective assessment occurs
when there is a clear understanding of the knowledge and skills students are expected to
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The purpose of assessment is to improve student achievement. Assessment continually
guides the development, implementation and support of instruction. During experiment for
example, students need to receive timely, specific and directive feedback in order to get the
accurate result or correct product. Formative assessment which usually conducted after finish
certain topic or subtopic in class, provides valuable and immediate feedback to the students. The
teachers may outlining strengths and needs in the next class. Evaluation occurs at the end of a
grading period and is reported as a number, level, or letter grade in accordance to the
achievement chart.
Asking questions which is encouraged in Inductive Model can also be used in assessing
student learning. Doing so will help you increase student participation and encourage active
learning. The strategies will also help you formulate questions for exams . Educators agreed that
questioning and discussion techniques had to become a focus for improvement. However, they
do not tend to ask higher-order, curious, critical thinking, and problem solving questions that
CONCLUSION
There are many varieties of inductive approaches, each of which can be implemented in many
teamwork, with most of the work being done in or out of class, and so on. Two articles may
claim to be studies of, say, problem-based learning, but they could involve dramatically different
forms of instruction and may well produce different learning outcomes. In summary, inductive
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SGDC5034 LESSON PLAN
Subject : Science
Form : 2 Gemilang
No. of students : 25
Date (Day) : 27 March 2015 (Thursday)
Time (Duration) : 9.30am – 11.40am (60 minutes)
Theme : Nutrition
Topic : Balanced Diet
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Learning Outcomes:
At the end of the lesson, students are able to:
i. Classify food into six categories – carbohydrate, protein, fats, vitamins, minerals and
water
ii. Find information to maintain a healthy body
iii. Create healthy and balanced diet
Prerequisite Knowledge : Students have been exposed to the six food classes.
Behaviors Needed
1) Skills : Students will be required to understand how to work cooperatively with other
students, learn to work with peers in a respectful and productive way.
2) Concepts : Students will need to understand the concepts of brainstorming & writing skills.
3) Behaviors : At the start of the school, students were taught the rules of the classroom and
how to treat one another with respect. In order for this lesson to run smoothly, the students will have
to keep the classroom conduct rules in mind as they interact with one another and the teachers.
Teaching Aids : Picture cards, cue cards, mahjong paper, and blackboard.
Values Integrated : Cooperation, respective each other’s and give contribution in activity.
PROCEDURE
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STEPS CONTENT TEACHING AND LEARNING NOTES/VALUES/
(duration) ACTIVITIES TEACHING AIDS
PHASE 2 : THE Maintain a healthy 1. Students are given articles on `Eating for
health’ article
OPEN ENDED body topic `Eating for Healthy` and
PHASE they are asked to discuss why Mahjong paper
and whiteboard.
foods are important to their
body.
Cooperation with
Step 2 2. Students will ask to complete classmates.
(20 min.) the word puzzle which prepared
in mahjong paper in front of the
class.
3. Teacher explain different
functions which help to maintain
a healthy body.
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STEPS CONTENT TEACHING AND LEARNING NOTES/VALUES/
(duration) ACTIVITIES TEACHING AIDS
PHASE 3 : THE Plan a balanced diet 1. Students plan their own `My Plate`
worksheet
CONVERGENT balanced meals in `My Plate`
PHASE game.
2. Students are asked to consider
Step 3 what they had for
breakfast/lunch/dinner are
(20 min.) balanced diet or not
3. Then, students have to present
their `meals`.
Closure (3 min)
learning to prior
Application knowledge 2. Students should gather or
read information about
(2 min.) health issue; obesity among
kids, junk food, unhealthy
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STEPS CONTENT TEACHING AND LEARNING NOTES/VALUES/
(duration) ACTIVITIES TEACHING AIDS
fast food.
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REFERENCES
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Danielson, C. (2007). Enhancing professional practice: A framework for teaching (2nd ed.).
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Gross, R. (2002). Socrates’ way: Seven master keys to using your mind to the utmost. New York,
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